The Secret of the Grain

The Secret of the Grain

It takes will, courage and determination to realise a dream. But most of all it takes family

2007•2h 35m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

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7.0/10(236)

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.

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Production

Pathé Renn Productions, Hirsch, France 2 Cinéma

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Habib Boufares

Habib Boufares

Slimane Beji

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi

Rym

Farida Benkhetache

Farida Benkhetache

Karima

Abdelhamid Aktouche

Abdelhamid Aktouche

Hamid

Alice Houri

Alice Houri

Julia

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Souad

Cyril Favre

Serguei

Leila D'Issernio

Leila D'Issernio

Lilia

Abelkader Djeloulli

Kader

Bruno Lochet

Bruno Lochet

Mario

Olivier Loustau

Olivier Loustau

José

Sami Zitouni

Sami Zitouni

Majid

Sabrina Ouazani

Sabrina Ouazani

Olfa

Mohamed Benabdeslem

Riadh

Hatika Karaoui

Hatika Karaoui

Latifa

Henri Rodriguez

Henri

Nadia Taoul

Sarah (as Nadia Taouil)

Jeanne Corporon

Jeanne Corporon

La Banquière

Francis Arnaud

Monsieur Gruault

Henri Cohen

Henri Cohen

Claude Dorner

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